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Even if the war in Iran ends today, it will take months to restore crude output and years to repair Qatar’s terminal for liquefied natural gas.
Stripping festivals of religious rhetoric out of respect to minority groups denies our cultural heritage. Make this weekend about optimism, not dogma.
The Iranian conflict has precipitated the dissolution of the Five Eyes alliance and Australia’s security guarantees.
Critics tend to reduce Judeo-Christianity to a right-wing slogan arrayed against those associated with multiculturalism, “political correctness”...
What’s worse: spiking inflation and rising interest rates or an economy that is struggling for growth? Both options are likely.
The policy settings for recognising qualifications must be reconfigured to ensure the skilled migration program delivers the right labour market...
Research shows that without alternative payment methods, banning fees merely shifts transaction costs rather than remove them.
The Islamic republic aims to set up a toll booth on the Strait of Hormuz. It may succeed.
It seems the fog of war is being used to rationalise spraying more cash on cost-of-living relief, in alignment with Albanese’s “no one left...
Authoritarian powers are helping each other fight against democratic states – which is more than some first-world allies are doing for each other.
If our signal to a $US380 billion firm is just being stable, Anglophone, and top Claude users, we’re negotiating as a location – not a country...
With oil and gas prices spiking, and likely to remain elevated for some time, the government is well-placed to sell the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax.
Perversely, in Australia’s preferential systems, One Nation will continue to elect Labor governments they do not want until the centre-right lifts...
Health Minister Mark Butler says the scheme is one of the great reforms of the past few decades. Why is it so badly off track – and not just because...
Australia should back Sanae Takaichi’s drive for Indo-Pacific security. It is in our interest to create partnerships with nations that share our...
The knee-jerk reaction is just the start of more inflationary spending and puts Jim Chalmers’ pledged “reform” budget on life support.
During the pandemic there was no time to think – in this crisis, the government has more time. But will the Albanese government use that time wisely?
Most of us are just one event away from resigning, even though we probably should stay put. A new book titled Jolted explains the phenomenon.
Labor’s vote is holding, but the Coalition’s is in free fall: Why you’d still rather be Anthony Albanese than Angus Taylor.
The rise of One Nation among Australia’s working- and middle-class battlers is a story of economic decline and political abandonment by Labor and...
What happened to these 72 investors highlights the perils of private markets: high fees, opaque valuations and millions in losses. It’s a warning to...
The Albanese government’s prospects of retaining voter goodwill will depend on its ability to look beyond the immediate fire.
Ownership Matters has told its clients they should not support the tie-up amid worries it might encourage more disclosure-light deals.
There is a stark and important contrast between other addictive products and social media. The latter can claim it is intrinsically linked to freedom...
Governments can influence the evolution of affordable services through policy and funding, but they inevitably are playing catch-up.
Between the Iran war supply shock and the upward revision of “neutral” rates, we are staring at a cash rate of at least 5 per cent.
Rebuilding our lost sovereignty will require government to rein in profligate spending on industry losers and stop treating the budget as a bottomless...
Sobering new survey findings should worry policymakers, regulators and anyone with an interest in the health and resilience of the nation’s listed...
One Nation’s SA election success has not just decimated the Liberals, but more importantly, it has gutted effective opposition and undermined...
The economic effects of the Iran crisis makes the Albanese government’s budget decisions harder - but also more necessary to make tough choices....
Two strange bedfellows are getting together for another round, ignoring the lessons of what results when principles are traded for short-term...
The guiding principle that has guided billions of dollars of institutional capital into private assets might not actually exist. That’s led to...
Australia needs to avoid indulging in political slush funds dressed up as “industrial policy” and pivot towards a smarter, future-looking strategy.
It’s not as though we haven’t been warned before – in 2012, politicians from both sides were calling for the nation to shore up its fuel supply.
The three theories of value – activity, intellectual property, infrastructure – that the government could use to determine taxation must be...
The crippling economic inequality between the young and old, especially for housing, is starting to show in attitudes towards the system of...
A sector long viewed as a future-proof career option has been the first to publicly blame the technology for big redundancy rounds.
Fuel prices have not increased as dramatically, 5 per cent inflation is a long way from double-digits, and most home borrowers can cope – for now.
Giants such as Anthropic want to invest fortunes in Australia for infrastructure, and Australia wants their money, but the government must play its...
Japan’s ambassador to Australia says any change to gas taxes will curtail investment and Australia’s reputation as a reliable energy partner.
Some 10.5 million barrels a day of production has been closed because countries have run out of storage or face drone attacks on offshore rigs.
Labor, both state and federal, is bringing a new brand of nationalism to the table to combat the rise of an aggressive, monocultural version being...
The continuing economic impact of the energy crisis is unclear, but we should develop and implement a strategy to deal with the world as it is likely...
The EU deal may not be what every sector wanted, but in a world that is more contested and uncertain, it provides a valuable insurance policy for...
The EU-Australia agreement allowed Anthony Albanese to argue that free trade is not dead in the Trump era. But the turmoil in the Middle East is...
Forget the old playbooks; the new world order demands economic statecraft. Australia must leverage its LNG exports immediately to secure its energy...
Tightening the purse strings is great, but it won’t solve our economic problems. The scale of the challenge means a review of the tax system is...
Regardless of what happens in the Middle East, Xi Jinping will be more uncomfortable with the state of the world – and this is good for deterrence.
If we can get more efficient at producing things at a faster rate than we grow, the finite resource constraints aren’t actually a constraint at all.
To restore confidence the Albanese government must level with the public about the risks facing the country and what it is doing to mitigate them.
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